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BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



RELATION OF CAPITAL TO FAEM INCOME AND LABOR INCOME. 



The average-owner farm with less than $5,000 capital in this area 

 returns a xerj small farm income or labor income. (See Table 17.) 

 Owner farms with capital of $25,000 or more are on the average re- 

 turning very good profits. The tenant beginning farming with less 

 than $500 capital has little chance to make more than hired man's 

 wages, but with $1,000 or over he makes on the average much above 

 hired man's wages. For farmers with little capital the possibilities 

 are much greater in renting than in owning farms. 



Table 17. — Relation of capital to farm income and labor income, ichite oioners 

 and colored tenants, Sumter Coimty, Ga. 



Capital. 



White owners. 



Farm income. 



1913 1918 



Labor income. 



1913 1918 



$500 and less 



$501 to $1,000 



$1,001 to $2,000 



$2,001 to $3,000 



$3,001 to $5, 000 



$5,001 to $9,000 



$9,001 to $14,000... 

 $14,001 to $25,000.. 

 $25,001 to $50,000.. 

 $50,001 to $100,000. 

 Over $100,000 



$222 



464 

 8-13 

 1,210 

 1,682 

 3,265 

 5,940 

 15,025 



$359 



663 

 1,115 

 1,806 

 2, 400 

 4,636 

 9,766 

 19,364 



$67 



193 

 365 

 417 

 435 

 902 

 1,154 

 3,189 



$210 



382 

 645 

 1,035 

 1,093 

 2,251 

 4,806 

 8,895 





Colored tenants. 



Capital. 



Farm income. 



Labor income. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



$500 and less . . . . 



$223 



498 



576 



1, 759 



$300 



580 



1, 053 



1,942 



2,234 



$202 



449 



482 



1,598 



$278 



$501 to $1,000 



533 



$1,001 to $2,000 



959 



$2,001 to $3,000 



1,774 



$3,001 to $5,000 



1,958 



$5,001 to $9,000 









$9,001 to$15,000 











$15,001 to $25,000 











$25,001 to $50,000 











$50,001 to $100,000 











Over $100,000 





















FAMILY FARMS. 



Family farms, those operated with the labor of the farmer and 

 his family, are of such interest generally that the organization and 

 earnings of the family farms included in this study may well be 

 briefly discussed separately. 



Usually the size of these farms are such as require from 12 to 24 

 months of man labor per year. Fewer acres of crops can be operated 

 with the labor of the farmer and his family in Sumter County than in 



